Friday, November 30, 2012

Assistant Professorships (Tenure Track) in Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science (www.inf.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for assistant professorships (Tenure Track) in the areas of:

Computer Systems

Software Engineering (including programming languages)

Information Systems (with emphasis on Big Data)

For candidates with exceptional research accomplishments also applications for a full professorship will be considered.

The department offers a stimulating and well-supported research and teaching environment. Collaboration in research and teaching is expected both within the department and with other groups of ETH Zurich and related institutions.

Applicants should have internationally recognized expertise in their field and pursue research at the forefront of Computer Science. Successful candidates should establish and lead a strong research program. They will be expected to supervise Ph.D. students and teach both undergraduate level courses (in German or English) and graduate level courses (in English).

Assistant professorships have been established to promote the careers of younger scientists. The initial appointment is for four years with the possibility of renewal for an additional two-year period and promotion to a permanent position.

Your application should include your curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a statement of research and teaching interests and the names of at least three referees. The letter of application should be addressed to the President of ETH Zurich, Prof. Dr. Ralph Eichler. The closing date for applications is 15 January 2013. ETH Zurich is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. In order to increase the number of women in leading academic positions, we specifically encourage women to apply. ETH Zurich is further responsive to the needs of dual career couples and qualifies as a family friendly employer. Please apply online: http://www.facultyaffairs.ethz.ch/facultypositions/ap_computerscience

The LGI2A,Laboratory of Computer Science and Control Systems of University of Artois (Bethune, North of France) is seeking to fill a postdoctoral position in:

"Service Network Design in Supply Chain Systems"

for a 12 month contract to be filled as soon as possible. Successful candidate will perform research on models of capacitated multi-commodity flow, routing and location and develop mathematicalmodels and efficient solution methods for real-life industrial applications (exact methods and heuristic approaches).

The salary will be around 2,000 euro per month (only roughly).The research will be carried out in the group of "Systems Optimization" of LGI2A led by Prof. Gilles Goncalves.

LGI2A (www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/) offers a strong scientific support, a friendly environment and collaborative international environment.Several international/EU industrial/research projects at LGI2A permit students and researchers to be in the middle of researchcollaboration and help them to extend their network to their counterparts at other universities, academic institutes andindustries to develop their future career. Several meetings and plenary seminars will offer opportunity to students and researchersto communicate and benefit from the others latest research results.

Bethune is a beautiful city located at the North of France (40 minutes North of Lille) in a very calm and quiet North-Western European region. Itwill take 1 hour going to Brussels, 2 hour from London and 70 minutes to Paris by TGV trains.

Candidates must hold a PhD degree (or about to defend within a month) or equivalent in computer science, mathematics or a related area andshould have a solid knowledge of mixed integer programming, excellent programming skills, experience in decomposition methods (primal anddual), metaheuristics, and algorithms. Other skills such as knowledge in probability theory and stochastic programming are beneficial.Good communication skills and solid English writing skills are mandatory.

Knowledge of French is not required, but successful candidates will be encouraged to learn some basics.Often there has been free French course offered to researchers and their family members by the University of Lille du Nord.

Interested applicants should sendtheir application containing- cover and motivation letter - curriculum vitae- copies of PhD degree or attestation of defense from university- summary of PhD thesis (English, about 1 pages)- names and email addresses of at least two referees, including the thesis adviser- candidate may choose to also provide complete thesis and any other scientific publications

Applicants are invited to submit the application by respecting the deadline of 10 December 2012 to:

if you have any questions regarding the positions or your application, please do not hesitate to contact the aforementioned emails (emailsshould be destined to both).

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The Department of Management Science at the University of Strathclyde is seeking to recruit a Professor or Reader in Management Science/Operational Research (MS/OR). The post is designed to strengthen the Department's research base and contribute to the University's strategic ambition to be recognized as a leading technological university. The appointee will be a leading researcher in Management Science/Operational Research. We particularly welcome applications from, but are not limited by, those with an interest in the areas of health, energy or operations management. We seek individuals who have a strong methodological basis and have experience of translating theory to practice through collaborative research that engages with user groups. The department has a strong reputation in both theory and collaborative research, runs a popular Masters programme in MS/OR, and has a strong doctoral programme. It is part of Strathclyde Business School, one of the top ranking UK Business Schools.

MS/OR is a key area for the university in developing its Technology and Innovation Centre, an £89 million investment supported by Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Funding Council. This centre links industry and public bodies with the university through programmes in Energy, Health and Advanced Manufacturing. MS/OR researchers contribute to each of these themes. Strathclyde's Technology and Innovation Centre sits alongside its other industrial research centres and the UK's first Fraunhofer Centre. The university's innovative approach to industrial collaboration is one of the factors that have resulted in it being named UK University of the Year by THE. The university's rapidly developing industrial research collaborations offers tremendous opportunities for MS/OR researchers.

For an application pack visit http://vacancies.strath.ac.uk or contact Human Resources, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ. Tel. 0141 553 4133, quoting ref: JA/178/2012. Full details of the position will appear on this website shortly.

Closing date: 18th January 2013

We value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community
The University of Strathclyde is a Registered Scottish Charity, No SCO15263

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The theory group at EPFL has a postdoctoral position available. An ideal candidate should have a strong research track-record and willingness to work on important challenges in theoretical computer science. We have a focus on approximation algorithms, hardness of approximation and efficient exact algorithms and are willing to branch out to other topics as well.

The position is for one or two years, and comes with a competitive salary and generous support for scientific travel. In addition, EPFL, located in the heart of Europe, provides an active and stimulating research atmosphere with short- and long-term visitors. Ideally, the appointment should start in Fall 2013, but other starting dates might be also possible.

To apply, please send an email to ola + "dot" + svensson at epfl.ch with your curriculum vitae, research statement, and the names and addresses of three or more individuals who will provide letters of recommendation. Letter writers should email their letters directly to me. (Please make sure that your name is included in the subject line of each of the letters.)

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The Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany, is accepting
applications for

PhD Positions

to build up the research group "Discrete Optimization," headed by Andreas
Karrenbauer beginning in January 2013. The group will be supported by the Max
Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication (www.mpc-vcc.org) and
closely integrated with the Algorithms and Complexity Department (Prof. Dr.
Kurt Mehlhorn).

The successful candidates will conduct research in one or more of the
following areas:
* Discrete Optimization Theory
* Discrete Optimization in Image Processing
* Applied and Industrial Discrete Optimization
* Algorithm Engineering

The positions are available from January 2013, for a duration of 2 years, with
the possibility for an extension.

Candidates must hold an excellent Diploma / Master's degree in mathematics,
computer science or a related area, and must have a very good knowledge of
discrete / combinatorial optimization and algorithm theory. Good programming
skills (C++) are mandatory (except for candidates with an outstanding
theoretical background).

The Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas
where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to
apply.

The Max Planck Society is further committed to employing more handicapped
individuals and particularly encourages these to apply.

Applicants should send by e-mail an application package containing a cover and
motivation letter, curriculum vitae, copies of diplomas, a summary of their
Diploma/Master's thesis (max. 2 pages in English or German), and the names and
e-mail addresses of two references (including thesis advisor) by December
15th, 2012, as a single pdf file attachment to Dr. Andreas Karrenbauer
(andreas.karrenbauer@mpii.de).

Applications received by the above date will receive full consideration;
however, the search will remain open until all positions are filled.

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

The following Special Issue will be published in Algorithms(http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/, ISSN 1999-4893), and is nowopen to receive submissions of full research papers and comprehensivereview articles for peer-review and possible publication:

Special Issue on Matching under PreferencesWebsite:http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/selected_papers_2012Guest Editors: Dr. David Manlove and Dr. Péter BiróDeadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2012Scope: Matching problems involving preferences from an algorithmicperspective. Topics of relevance include two-sided matching problemswith agents on both sides; two-sided matchings involving agents anditems; one-sided matching; and matching with payments

Article Processing Charges (APC) are waived for well prepared manuscriptsin this Special Issue.

You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline.Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor be underconsideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to sendus their tentative title and short abstract by e-mail for approval to theEditorial Office at algorithms at mdpi.com.

This Special Issue will be fully open access. Open access (unlimited andfree access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequentcitations as indicated by several studies. More information is availableat http://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/.

Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893) is an open access journal of computerscience, theory, methods and interdisciplinary applications, data andinformation systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence,automationand control systems, is published online quarterly by MDPI. It maintains arigorous and fast peer-review system and accepted papers are immediatelypublished online. Because it is an online and open access journal, paperspublished in Algorithms will receive high publicity.

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Submission Deadline for LNCS: 20 January 2013
Notification of authors: 4 March 2013
Deadline for final revisions: 1 April 2013

CiE 2013 is the ninth conference organised by CiE (Computability in
Europe), a European association of mathematicians, logicians, computer
scientists, philosophers, physicists and others interested in new
developments in computability and their underlying significance for the
real world. Previous meetings have taken place in Amsterdam (2005),
Swansea (2006), Siena (2007), Athens (2008), Heidelberg (2009), Ponte
Dalgada (2010), Sofia (2011) and Cambridge (2012).

The Nature of Computation is meant to emphasize the special focus of
CIE13 on the unexpected and strong changes that studies on Nature have
brought in several areas of mathematics, physics, and computer science.
Starting from Alan Turing, research on Nature with a computational
perspective has produced novel contributions, giving rise even to new
disciplines.

Two complementary research perspectives pervade the Nature of
Computation theme. One is focused on the understanding of new
computational paradigms inspired by the processes occurring in the
biological world, while focusing on a deeper and modern understanding of
the theory of computation. The other perspective is on our understanding
of how computations really occur in Nature, on how we can interact with
those computations, and on their applications.

The PROGRAMME COMMITTEE cordially invites all researchers (European and
non-European) in computability related areas to submit their papers (in
PDF format, max 10 pages using the LNCS style) for presentation at CiE 2013.
The submission site https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cie2013 is open.
We particularly invite papers that build bridges between different
parts of the research community.

The CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS will be published by LNCS, Springer Verlag.

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The annual ACM International Conference on Distributed Event-Based
Systems (DEBS) provides a forum dedicated to the dissemination of
original research, the discussion of new practical insights, and the
reporting of relevant experience relating to event-based computing.
Event-based systems are rapidly gaining importance in many application
domains, ranging from real-time data processing in web environments,
logistics and networking, to complex event processing in finance and
security. The DEBS conference brings together researchers and
practitioners from these various communities to share their views and
reach a common understanding of current research work and open
challenges. The conference also provides a forum for facilitating the
exchange of ideas between academia and industry.

This year, DEBS is specifically encouraging submissions on the role,
importance and impact of events and event-based technologies in Big Data
systems and applications.

=== DEBS 2013 tracks:

- A Research Track featuring high-quality, peer-reviewed research papers.
- An Industry Track for systems and concepts and experience reports.
- A Tutorial Track geared towards both academia and industry.
- A Demonstration and Posters Track with practical demonstrations and
early work.
- A Grand Challenges Track to test research and commercial systems.
- A Doctoral Workshop.

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The School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science

Appointments to various academic grades depending on research experience and vision.

Salary - Various, Closing Date 31st January 2013

The School brings together the disciplines of Computer Science and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Since the formation of the School, posts have been created to develop new research activities as well as supporting existing core and interdisciplinary activities. There is a need to continue with our investment to strengthen and broaden our research activities in order to take full advantage of the developing research horizon. Therefore, we welcome applications from ambitious academics from all academic grades who would like to make significant contribution to the School and to play a major role in leading and shaping the research direction and who can make a contribution to the existing research excellence.

The School has existing research themes in the following areas: Multi-Agent Systems; Complexity Theory and Algorithms; Logic and Computation; Economics and Computation; Sensors, Diagnostics and Biomedical devices; Information and communications, and Energy Technology. There are also interdisciplinary research themes across the University to which the School is making a contribution (e.g. Computational Biology, Autonomous Systems, molecular electronics, risk and uncertainty, energy etc).

Recruitment is not restricted to existing research themes and candidates within the Computer Science and Electrical and Electronic Engineering research disciplines are welcome and encouraged to apply. The emphasis will be on selecting candidates who can demonstrate their existing research quality and who wish to develop it further and on candidates early on in their careers but who can demonstrate research potential.

Further information about the posts and preferred areas are given in the further particulars. Informal enquiries can be made to Professor J W Spencer, Head of School, by telephone 0151 794 4524 or email joe@liv.ac.uk, or to Professor L Gasieniec, Head of Department of Computer Science, by telephone +44 151 7954290, or email L.A.Gasieniec@liverpool.ac.uk. The information on how to apply will be available at http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/

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PhD student positions in Networks, Algorithms and Geometry are available
at the Department of Informatics, University of Edinburgh. Applicants
should have interest in one or more of the following areas:

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Theory Group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology invites applicationsfor a postdoctoral position in Theoretical Computer Science with a focuson proof complexity and connections to SAT solving.

KTH is the leading technical university in Sweden, with education andresearch spanning from natural sciences to all branches of engineeringincluding architecture, industrial management and urban planning. TheTheory Group at KTH (http://www.csc.kth.se/tcs/) offers a strong researchenvironment covering a wide range of research topics such as complexitytheory and approximation algorithms, computer and network security,cryptography, formal methods and natural language processing. The grouphas a consistent track record of publishing regularly in the leadingtheoretical computer science conferences and journals worldwide, and theresearch conducted here has attracted numerous international awards andgrants in recent years.

We are seeking a postdoc for the research project "Understanding theHardness of Theorem Proving" in the area of proof complexity withconnections to SAT solving.

This project aims to advance the frontiers of proof complexity, and toleverage this research to shed light on questions related to SAT solving.We are particularly interested in exploring the possibility of basing SATsolvers on stronger proof systems than are currently being used. In orderto do so, however, a crucial step is to obtain a better understanding ofthe corresponding proof systems, and in this context there are a number ofwell-known and relatively longstanding open questions in proof complexitythat we want to study and try to solve. A more detailed description of theproject can be found at http://www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn/project-proofcplx.

The project is led by Jakob Nordström (http://www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn) andis financed by a Breakthrough Research Grant from the Swedish ResearchCouncil and a Starting Independent Researcher Grant from the EuropeanResearch Council. The group currently consists of one postdoctoralresearcher and two PhD students (in addition to the project leader). Travel funding is included, and the group also receives short-term andlong-term visitors on a regular basis.

This is a full-time employed position for one year with a possibleone-year extension. The successful candidate is expected to start at thelatest in August-September 2013, although this is to some extentnegotiable.

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Special issue of Internet Mathematics "Searching and mining the Web and social networks"

The special issue of Internet Mathematics "Searching and mining the Web and social networks" invites original research papers on algorithmic and mathematical methods for search and mining in web and social networks. The rapid growth and evolution in structure and content of the World Wide Web in recent years poses new algorithmic challenges in Web search. In addition, social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) gained enormous popularity in the last few years. The active use of social networks spreads beyond their initial purposes making them important for political or social events. Algorithmic analysis of Web and social networks is essential for the practical accessibility and efficient usage of the enormous amount of data available on the Web. Furthermore, mathematical analysis of network algorithms is vital for their justifiable improvement.

The special issue will publish high quality research articles, review papers, and position papers related to theoretical and empirical analysis for search and mining of the (social) Web. The topics include but are not limited to the following:

The papers should be prepared and submitted according to the general guidelines for authors of Internet Mathematics. Please use the option for the special issue submission.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/UINM

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Monday, November 26, 2012

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS: TAMC 2013
The 10th annual conference on Theory and Applications of
Models of Computation

University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Important Dates
Submission deadline : 11:59 pm EST January 11, 2013
Notification of authors : late February or early March, 2013
Final versions deadline : to be announced soon

The TAMC proceedings will be published in the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science Series by Springer (http://www.springer.com/lncs).
Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work
at the conference.

Post Conference Publications
Special issues of the journals Theoretical Computer Science and
Mathematical Structures in Computer Science devoted to a
selected set of accepted papers of the conference are planned.

Aims and Scope

TAMC aims at bringing together a wide range of researchers with
interests in computational theory and applications. The main themes of
the conference are computability, complexity, and algorithms. Typical
but not exclusive topics of interest include:

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Media Convergence happens on many levels and each of them implicates specific challenges and
priorities. Within the scope of this book, we focus on end-to-end convergence on various levels:
managerial, information systems, and end-consumers level. The book will especially shed light
into the complexity of the topic and act as a reference book and educational resource in this
field. The implementations of convergence strategies can only succeed when they take into
account the expectations and aspirations of every actor with a stake in the enterprise, including
content producers. Managers unanimously agree on the importance of human resources management
within the implementation process. This consideration implies that convergence is more than an
economic opportunity and needs to be understood as well as a focus of editorial strategy.
Convergence is often discussed at a rhetorical and political level. But how does convergence
actually happen, and does convergence lead to divergence? Media industry understands convergence
in ways that differ from the perceptions of consumers, who are clearly diverging in the ways they
consume media. Media managers are faced with the need to satisfy users? expectations and also
undertake convergence as an industrial strategy to achieve economies of scope & scale. Another
challenge lies in the development of information systems in media industries that support
convergence. Do these also lead to divergence? Does blurring the boundaries between the various
distribution platforms let media diverge from the consumer?s point of view? This book will
encourage an active discussion around this theme, taking multiple viewpoints into account: a
content creator perspective (journalistic or artistic), an information system perspective, the
consumer?s expectations, management and technological challenges, as well as market dynamics.
In conclusion, can all the challenges of convergence be solved, or does convergence lead to
further divergence.

We strongly welcome other topic suggestions dealing with convergence on a managerial,
information system, and consumer level beyond the topics suggested above.

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Schedule & Deadlines
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* 1st December 2012
Notification for intending to contribute with a book chapter to help us in the
review process planning of the book (author team, preliminary title, and very brief abstract of
max. 250 words)
* 31st January 2013
1st manuscript version (also authors who did not notify us to intend to contribute are invited
to submit)
* 1st March 2013
Review comments for 1st manuscript version and notification of acceptance
* 31st May 2013 2nd manuscript version that should include several review comments and final notification of
acceptance
* 1st July 2013 Final manuscript
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Manuscript Preparation
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* please follow the manuscript formatting guidelines below, and only submit the original version
(in Microsoft word) with the submission system
* each final manuscript should be 15-20 pages long (depending on the number of submissions longer
manuscripts will also be accepted)
* Please prepare your manuscript according the following guidelines:
http://www.springer.com/authors/book+authors?SGWID=0-154102-12-417900-0* Manuscript submission website:
http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2012ConvergenceBook/

Tampere University of Technology
Department of Business Information Management and Logistics
P.O. Box 541, Korkeakoulunkatu 8
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There will be a dedicated session on 'Healthcare Management and Engineering' in the forthcoming International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IESM 2013, Rabat, Morocco, http://www.iesm13.org/). The session potential topics include, but are not limited to: - Home Heath care- Lean HealthCare- Capacity planning- Day surgery (ambulatory surgery)- Logistical supports- Emergency

Hoping to see you at Rabat next year!

Best regardsMalek MasmoudiContractual Assistant Professor University of Saint-Etienne, France

IESM 2013 - 5th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems ManagementModelling, Optimisation and Simulation in Research and Industrial Applications:Challenges and Opportunities

May 20-22, 2013 - Rabat, Morocco

All needed information are available on the Conference Website. Please visit http://www.iesm13.org/ for sessions proposals and topics of the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES Proposal for special session/track: extended to November, 30th, 2012 Full paper (10 pages): extended to December 15th, 2012

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

The University of Newcastle, Australia, invites expressions of
interest for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in the area of theory
and algorithms for optimization of integrated supply chains,
starting early in 2013, or as soon as possible subject to applicant
availability.

Fellowships are available for 1 or 2 years, with possible 1-year extensions.
The salary will be in the range of AU$63,572-$79,915 per annum,
depending on the skills and experience of the applicant. There is also
provision for a relocation allowance, and for additional funds to
support travel to conferences both overseas and within Australia during
the period of the fellowship.

The successful applicant will hold a PhD in operations research,
engineering, mathematics, computer science, or related discipline.
Strong optimization and computer programming skills are essential. A
knowledge of constraint programming and/or artificial intelligence
techniques would be an asset.

Expressions of interest are preferred before December 1, 2012, however
later interest will be considered until the position is filled. To
express your interest in a fellowship please send your CV, together
with an academic transcript showing details of all courses you have
taken, the grades you were awarded, an interpretation of those grades,
and the names and contact details of at least two people who can
provide confidential references, to Daniel Urquhart at the address
shown below. If your transcript is not in English, please provide an
English translation. Please feel free to include a link to your PhD
thesis, and/or include other publications in your email. Include
details of your computer programming skills and experience, your
optimization training and background, and any experience you have with
modelling and solving industrial problems. Please also indicate your
possible start dates.

The project will be funded under an Australia Research Council (ARC)
Linkage Grant with industry support from the Hunter Valley Coal
Chain Coordinator (HVCCC - www.hvccc.com.au) and Triple Point
Technologies (TPT - www.tpt.com).

The export of coal is a critical economic activity in Australia.
However the logistics of getting the coal from mine to port is
highly complex, involving solution of numerous interrelated planning
and scheduling problems. For example, trains must be scheduled on
tightly capacitated rail lines, equipment for stacking and
reclaiming coal from stockpiles must be scheduled, and the layout of
the stockpiles themselves must be planned. This project will
investigate the optimization of key planning activities in the
export coal supply chain, and seek to develop effective algorithms
for their solution.

The postdoctoral fellows will join a research team of several
faculty, research fellows and PhD students working on this project,
under the supervision of Professors Natashia Boland and Martin
Savelsbergh.

The University of Newcastle is a major research university in
Australia, increasingly recognised internationally as a rapidly
emerging educational institution. The main campus is located in the
city of Newcastle: on the coast about two hours drive north from
Sydney. The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences provides a
stimulating and supportive environment for research and teaching,
with ample opportunities for collaborative research partnerships
both within the university and with industry. Although well known
for its beautiful beaches and pleasant climate, Newcastle is home to
Australia's (and the world's) largest coal exporting port. Newcastle
is also at the gateway of one of Australia's largest wine-growing
regions, the Hunter valley. Thus opportunities for research in
shipping, transportation, and mineral resources abound.

The School includes a strong group in Operations Research, with a
number of faculty, research fellows, and current PhD students
working in areas such as mixed integer programming, mixed integer
nonlinear programming, supply chain logistics, transportation
optimization, and health systems optimization. The group has strong
collaborations with colleagues in computer science working with
evolutionary algorithms. It also has close research links with
first-class international institutions and excellent support from
industry and government research funding.

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The University of Newcastle Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)PhD scholarship

The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University ofNewcastle is offering an APA(I) scholarship worth AUD $28,715 perannum.The scholarship will be funded under an ARC Linkage Grant, and iscollaborative with researchers in Computer Science & SoftwareEngineering at the University of Melbourne, and with Newcastle-basedcompanies Hunter Valley Coal Chain Coordinator Limited (HVCCC)www.hvccc.com.au ( http://www.hvccc.com.au/ ) and Triple PointTechnologies (TPT) www.tpt.com ( http://www.tpt.com/ ).Applications for this APA(I) scholarship close 1 December 2012.

Project Background

Blended mineral products are important for Australia's economy.Blending is carried out in stockpiles, often at multiple points in themining supply chain, and complexities in stockyard and supply chainoperations can negatively impact the value sought from blending.Whilst blending has long been tackled with mathematical programmingtechniques, little has been done to integrate blending with stockyardmanagementand supply chain planning. This project will develop new mathematical and computational tools foroperational stockyard and supply chain planning, to maximize the valuerealised from blended products, and the efficiency with which they aredelivered through the supply chain.This project will be supervised by Professors Natashia Boland andMartin Savelsbergh.

APA(I) scholarship awards include a living allowance of $28,715 perannum. Note: Stipend rates are indexed annually. Provision also existsfor a relocation allowance and a thesis allowance. Applicant attributesThe successful applicant will hold an undergraduate degree, and haveundertaken some form of preliminary research training in operationsresearch, engineering, mathematics, computer science, or relateddiscipline. Applicants from software engineering or industrialengineering will find their skills particularly relevant. Strongmathematical and computer programming skills are essential andknowledge of operations research, constraint programming and/orartificialintelligence techniques would be an asset. A can-do attitude, andexcellent communication skills, will also be highly valued.

Eligibility

This scholarship is for study in Australia for those who have achievedHonours Class 2 Division I or equivalent, in their undergraduatedegrees, or who have an appropriate higher qualification. Theequivalency of international students' qualifications to HonoursClass 2 Division 1 will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Application Details

To apply for this scholarship please send your CV, together with anacademic transcript showing details of all courses you have taken, thegrades you were awarded, an interpretation of those grades, and thenames and contact details of at least two people who can provideconfidential references, to the address shown below. If yourtranscript is not in English, please provide an English translation. Ifyou havecompleted a thesis or other publications, please feel free to includethem in the email application. Include details of your computerprogramming skills and experience, your mathematical training andbackground, and any experience you have with modelling and solvingindustrial problems.

The University of Newcastle

The University of Newcastle is a major research university inAustralia, ranked in the top ten in Australia for overall researchfunding and outcomes. Further, the University was the top-ranked inAustralia in the discipline of applied mathematics in the recentExcellence in Research Australia (ERA) rankings.

The main University of Newcastle campus is located in the city ofNewcastle: on the East coast of Australia about two hours drive northfrom Sydney. The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences providesa stimulating and supportive environment for research and teaching,withample opportunities for collaborative research partnerships bothwithin the university and with industry. Although well known for itsbeautiful beaches and pleasant climate, Newcastle is home to asignificant port,and Australia's largest coal-handling terminal. Newcastle is also atthe gateway of one of Australia's largest wine-growing regions, theHuntervalley. Thus opportunities for research in shipping, transportation,and mineral resources abound.

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Submission Deadline for LNCS: 20 January 2013Notification of authors: 4 March 2013Deadline for final revisions: 1 April 2013

CiE 2013 is the ninth conference organised by CiE (Computability inEurope), a European association of mathematicians, logicians, computerscientists, philosophers, physicists and others interested in newdevelopments in computability and their underlying significance for thereal world. Previous meetings have taken place in Amsterdam (2005),Swansea (2006), Siena (2007), Athens (2008), Heidelberg (2009), PonteDalgada (2010), Sofia (2011) and Cambridge (2012).

The Nature of Computation is meant to emphasize the special focus ofCIE13 on the unexpected and strong changes that studies on Nature havebrought in several areas of mathematics, physics, and computer science.Starting from Alan Turing, research on Nature with a computationalperspective has produced novel contributions, giving rise even to newdisciplines.

Two complementary research perspectives pervade the Nature ofComputation theme. One is focused on the understanding of newcomputational paradigms inspired by the processes occurring in thebiological world, while focusing on a deeper and modern understanding ofthe theory of computation. The other perspective is on our understandingof how computations really occur in Nature, on how we can interact withthose computations, and on their applications.

The PROGRAMME COMMITTEE cordially invites all researchers (European andnon-European) in computability related areas to submit their papers (inPDF format, max 10 pages using the LNCS style) for presentation at CiE 2013.The submission site https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cie2013 is open.We particularly invite papers that build bridges between differentparts of the research community.

The CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS will be published by LNCS, Springer Verlag.

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CSR 2013 intends to reflect the broad scope of international cooperation in
computer science. It is the eighth conference in a series of regular events
previously held in St.Petersburg (2006), Ekaterinburg (2007), Moscow (2008),
Novosibirsk (2009), Kazan (2010), St.Petersburg (2011), and Nizhny
Novgorod (2012). The proceedings are published in Springer LNCS.

As it has become a tradition, there will be YANDEX AWARDs
for the best paper and for the best student paper!

VENUE

Ekaterinburg is a large city in the heart of Russia, 1600 km (a 2 hour
flight) east from Moscow. It is the capital city as well as the main
financial, cultural, and scientific centre of the Ural region.
Ekaterinburg is accessible by direct regular flights of a number of
international airlines including Lufthansa, Aeroflot, Finnair,
Czech Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and FlyDubai. Ural Federal
University is the largest Russian university outside Moscow.

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract or a full paper of
at most 12 pages in the LNCS format (LaTeX, as pdf; final version with
source), in English; instructions can be found at
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0.
Proofs and other material omitted due to space constraints are to be put
into a clearly marked appendix to be read at discretion of the referees.
Papers must present original (and not previously published) research.
Simultaneous submission to journals or to other conferences with published
proceedings is not allowed. The proceedings of the symposium will be
published in Springer's LNCS series. Accepted papers MUST be presented at
the symposium.

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Friday, November 23, 2012

The Algorithms Group (with Sándor Fekete and Alexander Kröller) in the Department of Computer Science at Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany, has a vacancy for a computer scientist or mathematician, available immediately.

The position will be for one year. Applications for a one-year research visit from excellent PhD students are welcome.

The position is funded from DFG-Project "Kunst!", so applicants are expected to contribute to the project; however, ample time to work on independent research will be given.

The project combines methods from computational geometry, mathematical programming, and algorithm engineering in an exciting way. The goal is to solve problems from the art gallery family (almost) exactly, and to design theoretically and practically efficient algorithms. See the paper

to get an idea on the subject. Interesting research directions can be in visibility computations, extended real-world versions of the problem, the analysis of notoriously hard cases, exploiting multi-core, and robust data structures.

We are looking for applicants with an above-average Ph.D. in mathematics or computer science, who have a solid knowledge in computational geometry, an interest in and a capability for a wide range of scientific work (from developing ideas all the way to their practical realization), an open mind for the other activities of our department, and a healthy team spirit.

Proficiency in English is a must. Familarity with C++ development and algorithm implementation is a plus.

There are no teaching obligations, but researchers will have the opportunity to interact with students in the context of their projects.

We are offering an opportunity to participate in exciting interdisciplinary projects that span all the way from basic research in algorithms to its practical and technical application. As a member of our group, you will be part of a motivated team that maintains various interdisciplinary and international contacts and activities. Among applicants with equal qualifications, handicapped persons will be given a preference. The Braunschweig University of Technology is an equal-opportunity employer and encourages women to apply.

Applications are considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Electronic applications are preferred - even more if they come in a single PDF file. If there are questions, please contact Alexander Kroeller via mail (a.kroeller "at" tu-bs.de) or phone (+49 531 391 3112).

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